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Featured Album
The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
Featured Stoner Metal Album
Abridged Dimensions (2025)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
With Oden On Our Side (2015)
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Heavy metal band from Antwerp, Belgium, formed in 2015. They carry the banner of traditional heavy metal from Belgium's largest city, delivering riff-driven anthems in the classic European style.
Doom and heavy metal project from Poland, formed in 2021. CrossRoad crafts slow, heavy riffs with a traditional metal foundation.
Progressive heavy-thrash act from Laives near Bolzano in South Tyrol, formed in 2024. Crotalo — Italian for 'rattlesnake' — blends progressive complexity with thrash aggression.
Heavy-thrash metal band from Avignon, France, formed in 2014. They blend classic heavy metal with thrash aggression from the Provençal city of the Popes.
Heavy and power metal band from Stockholm and Gothenburg, active since 2022. Crowne delivers polished, arena-ready traditional metal drawing from Sweden's rich metal heritage.
Heavy metal band from London, formed in 2015. They deliver classic heavy metal from the English capital.
Heavy thrash band from Verbania on Lake Maggiore, active since 2014. Crownlake delivers sharp metal riffing from the scenic Piedmontese lakeside.
Heavy metal band from Stockholm, with Bandcamp presence since 2014. Crucified Barbara was a prominent all-female heavy metal act that gained significant visibility in the Swedish metal scene.
Heavy metal band from Crema in Cremona province, Lombardy, active since 2011. Cruel Device delivers straightforward, riff-driven traditional metal.
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